Gaetano Romano

Prof. Dr. Gaetano Romano is a Professor of Sociology at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Lucerne, where he has held the full Chair I of Sociology (with a focus on communication) since 2002. He previously contributed to the founding of the Faculty of Communication Sciences at the University of Lugano, serving as assistant professor and aggregate professor (internal faculty title) from 1996–1997.

• Current role: Editor and board member of academic organizations, including the Swiss Society for Communication and Media Studies and Ulrich Saxer Foundation
• Research areas: Sociology of communication, mass communication theories, public sociology, and historical sociology
• Key contributions: Co-founder and vice-director of the Institute for Social Science Communication Research (ISSCom) in Lugano